Snake themed sword (WIP)

LaserLeviathan

Hi, I've been working on a sword with a snake theme. It's only got a basic texture at the moment, but I'm working on one. I'm thinking of adding a scale pattern to the hilt.

The hilt was meant to look like a snake opening its jaws wide. I made it symmetrical for now, but I wasn't sure if I should add eyes to one side. The end bit is meant to resemble a rattlesnake's rattle.



Any feedback is welcome

Borx25

a few things that may help:
snakes only have fangs on one side i think and not sure about the the rattlesnake's rattle, maybe the grip could be curved, may look more snake like.
isn't it a bit short?

fisher

The base model is cool, but try to make more details, sculpting in zbrush or modeling in 3ds max.

it's a nice start (:

try learn some Organic modeling and pick some references.

Good start and keep studying!

LaserLeviathan

Hi, thanks for the replies.

@Borx25: Yeah, snakes do have fangs on one side, but I wanted the sword to be symmetrical. Do you think it would look better if it wasn't? I'll make the grip curved like you suggested. What part do you think needs to be longer? Just the grip or the whole thing?

@fisher: You're right, it definitely needs more detail. I haven't used ZBrush before, but I'll look into it.

Thanks again for the feedback, I really appreciate it.

LaserLeviathan

An update - I downloaded Mudbox and tried to add scales to the handle, but I couldn't find any good guides for reptile skin.

I think what I'm going to do is model the scales in Maya, and bake them onto the low-poly model. Would this work?



I'm also making the grip curved, like Borx25 suggested, I just want to get the scales looking right first.

blinKX10

Compared to the blade the grip is WAY too large. Secondly the cross-guard doesn't really look like a snake head, I recommend looking up some reference for those

LaserLeviathan

Thanks for your feedback. You're right, the blade definitely needs to be longer.

With the cross-guard, I think my reference images were at an angle. I'll have to find some better ones and fix it.

pigart

An idea for a snake theme would be to make a snake wrap around the grip and cross-guard. You would have to pretty much start over though.